Joe Ryan pitched against the Red Sox in a spring training game March 27 in Fort Myers, Fla. Ryan will start for the Twins on Friday in the regular-season opener. (Steve Helber, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TWINS SEASON OPENER

Seattle Mariners at Twins

3:10 p.m. Friday, Target Field

Starting pitchers: Mariners' Robbie Ray, who won the Cy Young Award last season in Toronto, and Twins rookie Joe Ryan.

National anthem: Shiloh Temple International Ministries Choir

First pitch: Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva, both joining the Baseball Hall of Fame this year

Gates open: 1 p.m.

TV, radio: BSN, 830-AM

Tickets: twinsbaseball.com

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Chris Miller supervises coverage of professional sports teams. He has been at the Minnesota Star Tribune since 1999 and is a former sports editor of the Duluth News-Tribune and the Mesabi Daily News.

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